Invalid-bed



(N0 Model.)

B OTTINGBR. INVALID BER Ne. 509,674. Petentea Nev. 28, 189s.

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INVALID-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,674, dated November28, 1893.

Application filed July 17,1893.

To if/Zichem it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN OTTINGER, a

citizen of the United States of America, residing at Georgetown, in thecounty of Williamson and State of Texas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Invalid- Beds, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inbedsteads, and particularly to those known as invalid bedsteads, theobject of the invention being to provide means whereby the hinged headsection of the bed may be adjusted to any desired angle of elevation;furthermore providing suitable means for retaining it in its adjustableposition.

A further object of the invention is to provide means where the desiredresult may be obtained with but slight exertion on the part of theOperator.

A still further obj ect ot' the invention is to provide simple andinexpensive parts that may be easily adjustable and readily removable torenew parts that are worn or broken, as the case may be.

Finally the invention abounds in various novel details of construction,arrangements and combinations of parts, to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and specically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein likeletters indicate corresponding parts in the several views, in whichFigure l. is a perspective View of my improved invalid bedstead showingthe mechanism attached at the head board. Fig. 2. is a detail view ofthe adjusting mechanism showing in dotted lines the different angles ofthe adjustinglever. Fig. 3, is a detail view of the movable section ofthe interior frame.

In the drawings,-A, A, A, A, indicate the bed post and B, B, theconnections forming a rectangular frame for the support of the interiorframe a, on which the springs and mattress are designed to rest. Thisinterior frame a, is divided into the permanent section B', and themovable and adjustable head section Serial No. 480,757. (No model.)

l), hinged on each side, near the connecting side pieces as at ZJ. Tothe center of this interior frame adjacent to the head board of thebedstead is attached a flexible connection C, at c, which passes over apulley D, arranged in the center and at the top of the head board,thence passing downwardly to a pulley E, which is arranged in alignmentand secured so as to operate transversely with the pulley D, at thebottom of the head board, with which the said connection C engages, theopposite end ot' this flexible connection being attached to the end oithe lever F, which is pivoted at f,and secured at a point between thepulleys D and E. The lever F, contains a slot G, designed to embrace thesemi-circular or segmental guide or rack I-I, having apertures h, 7L,arranged equi-distantly for the reception of the securing 'pin in I,which passes through the hole 71,', in the lever and the apertures h,7i, of the rack, by which means it will be obvious the adjustment isaccomplished. This adjustment may also be attained by means of a setscrew passing through the lever far enough to engage the outer surfaceof the segmental guide by which means, it will be apparent, the levermay be retained or held at any point in its path of travel.

The lever H, is elongated for the purpose of increasing the leverage andthereby facilitating the operation of this device, and I call particularattention to the fact that it may be so arranged as to operate fromeither side of the pulley E, where the bedstead occupies a positionwhere access to one side is practicably impossible; another advantagebeing that this mechanism can be operated from the side of the bed whichis impossible in numerous winding processes now in use.

The mechanism may be constructed of any suitable material and variouschanges may be made in the detail construction of the device withoutdeparting from the general idea involved.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a bed, provided with a movable head section, ofmeans for raising and lowering said head section, said means comprisinga slotted lever pivotally secured lOO to the head-board, an aperturedsegmental apertures of said segmental plate, whereby plate passedthrough the slot of the lever and the lever may be held in an adjustedposihaving the ends thereof secured to the headtion, as and for thepurpose specied.

board, pulleys mounted respectively adjacent In testimony whereof I aixmy signature in 5 the top and bottom and centrally of the headpresenceof two Witnesses.

board, a flexible cable connected with the T T f u lower end of thelever and supported on said BEA JAMIL O 1 TINGEh' pulleys and secured tothe movable section, Witnesses:

and a securing pin adapted to be passed lV. D. NICHOLS, o through anaperture of the lever and into the l S. K. STEWART,

